Category Archives: Photography

Sharples Grain Elevator – Another Prairie Grain Elevator Moves Towards Demolition

Posted on December 17, 2025 by danocan

Last week I had the chance to go out with Nadeer Hashmi of CBC and talk about the disappearing grain elevators of the Canadian prairies. We visited one success story (Dorothy) and then we visited the site of an upcoming … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography | Tagged Alberta, Badlands, CBC, demolition, Dorothy, Drumheller, grain elevator, grain-elevators, historic demolition, history, P&H, Sharples | 2 Comments

Visiting Eau Claire Market One Last Time Before Closure

Posted on May 26, 2024 by danocan

In August 2013, the Eau Claire Market burst onto the scene, igniting excitement and high hopes for a downtown Calgary renaissance. Initially, it flourished, drawing crowds and nurturing businesses. Yet, as the years passed, the bustling marketplace dwindled to a … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Calgary, closing, dead mall, Eau Claire, out of business | 1 Comment

Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs

Posted on October 30, 2023 by danocan

With so much focus on our YouTube channel, the blog and our written content has been getting ignored. I decided to remedy that by taking a look back at some photos we have taken on this day in previous years. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Canada, Fort Macleod, history, Minneapolis, Minnesota, neon, signs, USA | 2 Comments

Ghost Town Convention 2008

Posted on March 20, 2023 by danocan

Yes, another look back at a previous weekend of exploration, this time from July of 2008. With a home base of Ardath, Saskatchewan, twelve keen abandoned places explorers set out to see what they could find… Unlike last week, I … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Ardath, Bounty, Canada, Conquest, ghost town, grain elevator, Harris, Laura, Saskatchewan, Tessier | 2 Comments

Looking Back at the First Ghost Town Convention – Hallonquist, Saskatchewan 2007

Posted on March 13, 2023 by danocan

Almost a dozen years ago, I wrote a blog post about how a group of strangers first came together on a hot July weekend in 2007 in southern Saskatchewan and spent two days touring ghost towns and abandoned places together. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography | Tagged abandoned, Braddock, Canada, ghost town, Ghost Town Tour, ghost towns, grain elevator, Hallonquist, prairie, Saskatchewan, school | Leave a comment